Contextual violence and its link to social aggression: a study of community violence in Juarez.

ABSTRACT: The city of Juárez, Mexico has been immersed in an atmosphere of violence and danger for more than a decade. Due to this violence, residents of Juárez may be at risk of severe contextual victimization, which occurs when individuals are indirectly affected by the physical and socio-cultural conditions of their violent communities through second-hand information (e.g., witnessing or hearing about violent acts in their everyday life). The objective of this study was to explore the effects of contextual victimization on variables related to community violence such as aggression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and acceptance of violence. Data were collected from a sample of university students in Juárez (n = 298) using the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), the Acceptance of Violence

SUBMITTER: Martin Del Campo-Rios J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335500 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature